| VERB | change | sear, scorch | make very hot and dry |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | sear, scorch, singe | become superficially burned | |
| change | sear, char, blacken, scorch | burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color / color | |
| change | sear, parch | cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | sear, dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture |
| Sounds | sih'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... | |
| Meaning | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture. | |
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| Synonyms | dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered | |
| Category | vegetation, flora, botany | All the plant life in a particular region or period |
| Broader | dry | Free from liquid / liquid or moisture |
| Spanish | marchito, reseco, seco | |
| Meaning | make very hot and dry. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | scorch | |
| Entailed by | cauterize, cauterise, burn | Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent |
| Narrower | sizzle | Burn or sear with a sizzling sound |
| Broader | heat, heat up | make hot or hotter |
| Spanish | abrasar, chamuscar | |
| Catalan | abrasar, socarrimar | |
| Meaning | Become superficially burned. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | scorch, singe | |
| Broader | burn, combust | Undergo combustion |
| Meaning | Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color / color. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | char, blacken, scorch | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Narrower | singe, swinge | Burn superficially or lightly |
| Broader | burn | Burn with heat, fire, or radiation |
| Spanish | achicharrar, carbonizar, chamuscar, requemar | |
| Catalan | abrusar, bleir, carbonitzar, recremar | |
| Meaning | Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | parch | |
| Broader | dry, dry out | Remove the moisture from and make dry |
| Spanish | abrasar, agostarse, chamuscar, marchitar, quemar, resecar | |
| Catalan | abrasar, agostejar, cremar, emmusteir, ressecar, socarrimar | |
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